One of Marie-Jeanne’s friends had asked for a photo of her. Here are several, taken from a cache of slides Russell (her husband, and my father) had taken. If there are any lying around of her as an older woman, they’re somewhere else in her house; these are all from the early 70s. If you’re a friend or relative looking for something to have printed, you can click through all of these for the full-size image.
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- I think this may be in the apartment my parents lived in before I was born. That curtain came to the house with me, though.
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- MJ really liked complicated patterns in her clothes.
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- I think MJ was still occasionally wearing that dress in her last few years.
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- That’s Russell on the left. He was my father. I miss him, too – he died on my 12th birthday.
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- After a while, MJ quit trying to do much of anything with her very thin hair. I’m glad I inherited my dad’s hair instead.
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- She chose to be a stay-at-home mother, and dedicated a lot of time and effort to making sure their bright, weird kid got the stimulus he needed for a healthy mind. She was also the one who did the accounts, because unlike my father, she could stare at them without stressing out. I take after my father in that.
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- I think this was on our trip to Disneyworld when I was about five. This is probably Busch Gardens. Note young me on the left, sporting a pair of bright red sunglasses and his beloved “Winnie-The-Pooh for President” shirt.
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- Her natural habitat: on the couch, reading. This may be the latest photo in this set; I did that painting on the wall in ’78. There are photos of it but you cannot see it.
Those are wonderful, Peggy. Thank you so much for sharing them! I will treasure them! Ellen